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The half-timber house; its origin, design, modern plan, and construction; (1912)

Jackson, Allen W. (Allen Winchester), b. 1875 · New York : McBride, Nast & company · leaf 46

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?^ S THE HALF-TIMBER HOUSE IN ENGLAND 15 is not quite clear why this almost universal overhang was adoptedfor the upper stories, at least in the country districts. In thecities these successive overhangs as the stories were added oneabove another formed an excellent shelter from the rain for the

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